Yahoo! Slurp Spiders

[Petra]

3 pages of 'em in the Who's Online thingy. 47 of 'em!

It's like the day of the triffids. Everyone dive for cover before they slurp the spidey life out of you!

Duck!!

:hide:

[livius drusus]

Yeah, I actually snagged a few screen caps of the who's online pages just for posterity. I can't believe how impudent they are! Trying to check out profiles and download attachments and what not.

Slurping where one has not received permission to slurp is ever so rude.

[Petra]

Slurping where one has not received permission to slurp is ever so rude.

I couldn't agree more. The veracity of their slurping not only offends me, but frightens me, too.

Arghhh, my brains, my brains!

/me tries to stop spidey slurping her brains out through her ears

[Ymir's blood]

/me sweeps away cobwebs.

[viscousmemories]

Itsy bitsy spider...

[livius drusus]

went up the FF spout

[Petra]

down came the hurricane

[viscousmemories]

and went wee wee wee all the way home!

[pescifish]

/me looks for that pissing smilie that JoeP ordered up.

[viscousmemories]

Yahoo! Slurp Spider Registering

Heeeeeee's heeeeeeeere...

[Petra]

Hey, there's a "larbin spider" now, too. Never heard of them before. Are they poisonous?

:hidecomp:

[viscousmemories]

Could be. You're wearing socks though, right? Right?!

[Petra]

No! I'm just wearing a towel.

/me races to get dressed in OSH approved protective clothing

[viscousmemories]

"No! I'm just wearing a towel." :lecher:

[Petra]

LOL. I've just a quick shower. 4pm and I finally make it to the shower. :yawn:

I'm so lazy sometimes.

[viscousmemories]

Hehe. You and me both. Except replace lazy with catatonic and sometimes with all the time. :yawning:

[livius drusus]

Google is putting the Slurpies to shame today. It's weird how fascinated they are with places they don't have permission to access. Maybe they're teenaged spiders?

[Goliath]

Couldn't you people have picked a better thread title? I almost decided to put this thread on ignore without having read it :hidecomp: because I thought that you people were talking about a particular kind of spider (whilst being excited about them..whence the "Yahoo!").

So now that I opened the thread and know that I'll be able to sleep tonight, I guess I'll ask: exactly what is meant by "slurp spider"?

[viscousmemories]

So now that I opened the thread and know that I'll be able to sleep tonight, I guess I'll ask: exactly what is meant by "slurp spider"?
It's just a catchy name to describe a Yahoo! search spider. Search spiders are software programs that pore over websites to glean data they can access (which here amounts to anything a typical guest could access) to add to their search indices. Yahoo! just calls theirs a slurp spider to indicate it slurping up our content, I suppose.

[livius drusus]

One of the Google spiders is emailing you right now, Goliath. Don't open it, for the love of God! :scared2:

Naw, just joshin' ya. vm's right. They're indexing the site so we're in their search results. They can't actually email you.

[Shake]

No! I'm just wearing a towel.

* lunachick races to get dressed in OSH approved protective clothing
Well, as long as you have your towel, there's no need to Panic*.


*HHGtG reference

[livius drusus]

Sweet Jesu, them spiders are going nuts.

[Corona688]

Can only admins see them? I can't see anything... in fact http://www.freethought-forum.com/online.php? is giving me a 404.

[livius drusus]

Can only admins see them? I can't see anything...

No, sir. Everyone should be able to see them as luna did in the op. If you check out Who's Online (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/online.php?), you should see approximately a page of registered users, and 4 pages of guests. Some of those are generic guests (either real people or spiders who's signatures we haven't identified), but the vast majority are Yahoo! Slurp, Google and MSN spiders.

[Corona688]

There it is. It should have been .../forum/online.php? but quick links->who's online was just .../online.php? It seems fixed now, maybye it was never broken? Inexplicable.

About this, is being indexed a bad thing? It might be good to be known. otoh, if you want to control the spiders you can put a robots.txt file in directory roots to ward them off. Not all spiders obey these, but most well-known ones should.

[livius drusus]

Oh, I like us being indexed. I think it's cool that we're the top Google search results for "culturally relevant metaphor". :D

[JoeP]

Do we have any registered members who found the site from a google? Or a yahoo or an msn? Own up!

[Ymir's blood]

I found the URL from Google but already knew about the site. I just needed the exact address.

[pescifish]

I've done that too. Because I always forget there's that "-" thing and exactly where it is. free-thoughtforum.com freethoughtforum.com freee... oh screw it, Google time.

[squian]

On a slight tangent, Google can also tell you who's linking to you. For example, try:
link:www.freethought-forum.com (http://www.google.com/search?as_lq=www.freethought-forum.com&btnG=Search)

[viscousmemories]

On a slight tangent, Google can also tell you who's linking to you. For example, try:
link:www.freethought-forum.com (http://www.google.com/search?as_lq=www.freethought-forum.com&btnG=Search)
I did not know that. Very cool. :bow:

[Ymir's blood]

261 guests? I hope there's enough sammiches to go around. :spider:

[Ronin]

261 guests? I hope there's enough sammiches to go around. :spider:

:egad:

I need a breath mint.

*straightens tie*

[pescifish]

261 guests? I hope there's enough sammiches to go around. :spider:Hmmm, I forgot... If I set myself on fire, what shouldn't I do? :crowded:

[Dingfod]

I can think of no better reason not to share anything of an intimate nature here.

[livius drusus]

You mean except in the journals, of course, right, Warren?

[Dingfod]

You mean except in the journals, of course, right, Warren?What journal? I don't have a journal.

[viscousmemories]

I'd be surprised if anyone had expectations of privacy for anything they post in a forum on the Internet. Yes the FF is public and well-indexed by the search engines, but that makes us no different from IIDB, JREF, CF or any other public forum. HH may not be Googleable, but it's got over 600 members and we know nothing about most of them. I wouldn't feel any more comfortable sharing any intimate details of my life there than I would here. And obviously I'm not alone. Sure people have talked about emotionally sensitive issues there, but if it's such a safe and secure environment why doesn't anyone post their phone number or mailing address?

As I've said before the 'privacy' at HH is illusory. I understand some people think it's a haven from all the bad people in the world but IMHO that is demonstrably untrue. I think anyone who expects an Internet forum to be a safe place for deeply personal and intimate interaction without fear of any undesirables reading what they write is wishing on a star. Most ordinary groups of friends who interact in the physical realm don't have that level of trust and security among all the members of the group. How it might be possible in a forum is beyond me.

[Dingfod]

Did I say HH was safe? I don't remember writing that.

[viscousmemories]

Did I say HH was safe? I don't remember writing that.
Did I say you did? My comments were deliberately and I think pretty obviously general.

[pescifish]

First off, I agree basically with everything vm said in his post, and I also thought the same thing warren asked afterwards: "Hey, warren never said HH was more safe." But...

Just to make a off topic comment regarding the use of the more private journals for posting significant personal or intimate information:
You mean except in the journals, of course, right, Warren?

Aside from being concerned about what manner of idiots and assholes might read my personal stuff, the magic of my ambivalence has an almost equal concern that no one is reading something I decide to share. I hesitate to post anything in a journal because, well, what if I laid my heart out there and I didn't get any (or enough) comments?

[Dingfod]

Did I say HH was safe? I don't remember writing that.
Did I say you did? My comments were deliberately and I think pretty obviously general.Why are you getting defensive? My question and comment was obviously deliberately general... to me, anyway.[Stop that, Warren -- Ed.]

I don't mean to get under your skin, vm. However, it does seem to be a pretty easy thing to do.

[Dingfod]

When I wrote in my journal here, I was deliberately obtuse enough to be completely non-offensive to anyone that might be mentioned in it, with the possible except of my daughter's boyfriend, and the likelyhood of anyone he knows figuring out that I was writing about him is virtually nil. I deleted it all during a fit of depression, right before going on medication for that condition. I did save it off to Word though. However, the fuckups that worked on my computer deleted every damn thing from it, so what I wrote is no more.

Don't think the though hasn't crossed my mind to go back at HH and delete all that personal shit I wrote there. The only thing keeping me from it is that it would be a gross violation of netiquette. While I realize there is nothing preventing someone that is registered at HH from spreading what I wrote all over the internet, I do think it is just slightly more secure than having search engine spiders slurping all of it up at will.

[viscousmemories]

Aside from being concerned about what manner of idiots and assholes might read my personal stuff, the magic of my ambivalence has an almost equal concern that no one is reading something I decide to share. I hesitate to post anything in a journal because, well, what if I laid my heart out there and I didn't get any (or enough) comments?
I think that's a really good point, pesci. I have the same ambivalence about the journals for that reason, and I wonder if others who keep them do too. I have noticed that most bloggers don't get a whole lot of responses to their journal entries though regardless of where the blog is. I mean I've noticed a lot of Blogger and Livejournal blogs that are full of entries but get few comments.

I definitely think blogging is for people who just want a place to keep a journal that others may or may not ocassionally peruse. I wouldn't keep one for the same reason you mention: I prefer for people to read and maybe comment on my intimate thoughts when I write them.

I did start a journal here, though, just to keep track of the movies I watch. But I'm approaching it more as a personal list for my own records, which people can choose to read and/or comment on or not. The impersonal nature of it makes it irrelevant to me if anyone appreciates it.

[viscousmemories]

Did I say HH was safe? I don't remember writing that.
Did I say you did? My comments were deliberately and I think pretty obviously general.Why are you getting defensive? My question and comment was obviously deliberately general... to me, anyway.[Stop that, Warren -- Ed.]

I don't mean to get under your skin, vm. However, it does seem to be a pretty easy thing to do.
Thanks for the insult, Warren. I'm sure I had it coming to me.

[livius drusus]

Aside from being concerned about what manner of idiots and assholes might read my personal stuff, the magic of my ambivalence has an almost equal concern that no one is reading something I decide to share. I hesitate to post anything in a journal because, well, what if I laid my heart out there and I didn't get any (or enough) comments?

I think at this point you'd be pretty much guaranteed to not get enough comments if "enough" is say, more than 2. There just isn't sufficient traffic up there to generate more than a handful of responses. That might change as more people register, but then you'd be dealing with total strangers sniffing at your laid out heart on top of the fear of too few comments.

Needless to say, I'm not really the journal writing kind of girl, but I sure do love reading everyone else's.

[pescifish]

Yes, I think you and I are of like minds on the journals -- including the last comment:
Needless to say, I'm not really the journal writing kind of girl, but I sure do love reading everyone else's.

[Dingfod]

I don't mean to get under your skin, vm. However, it does seem to be a pretty easy thing to do.
Thanks for the insult, Warren. I'm sure I had it coming to me.See what I mean?

[viscousmemories]

I don't mean to get under your skin, vm. However, it does seem to be a pretty easy thing to do.
Thanks for the insult, Warren. I'm sure I had it coming to me.See what I mean?
Yeah I do. Congratulations on finding my achilles heel: I am insulted by insults. :rolleye1:

[livius drusus]

I'd just like to interject here that in my experience, people who let irritation slide off their backs are the vast minority. AFAIAC, only they have a leg to stand on when it comes to pointing fingers, and oddly enough, they don't seem to do it much. I myself am not one of these rare birds, and from what I've seen, neither is anyone else in this thread.

[Dingfod]

I'd just like to interject here that in my experience, people who let irritation slide off their backs are the vast minority. AFAIAC, only they have a leg to stand on when it comes to pointing fingers, and oddly enough, they don't seem to do it much. I myself am not one of these rare birds, and from what I've seen, neither is anyone else in this thread.Well, I am one of these rare birds. I don't often "get into it" with anyone. It's not in my nature.

[Dingfod]

viscous memories, I sincerely apologize for the tone of my comment. If you found it insulting, I'm sorry.

[viscousmemories]

viscous memories, I sincerely apologize for the tone of my comment. If you found it insulting, I'm sorry.
It was insulting because it's no secret that it's easy to get under my skin, as evidenced in a million threads all over the 'net and which I have admitted multiple times, including in numerous threads in HH that you have participated in. So I think it was reasonable for me to take your reference to it here as a dig and not an innocent observation. In any case I appreciate and accept your apology, and it's really not a big deal. I'm just a little sensitive. :D

[livius drusus]

I'd just like to interject here that in my experience, people who let irritation slide off their backs are the vast minority. AFAIAC, only they have a leg to stand on when it comes to pointing fingers, and oddly enough, they don't seem to do it much. I myself am not one of these rare birds, and from what I've seen, neither is anyone else in this thread.Well, I am one of these rare birds. I don't often "get into it" with anyone. It's not in my nature.

I wasn't talking about "getting into it"; you can hate confrontation with a passion and still have a skin that is easy to get under. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the latter is an element in the former.

[Dingfod]

We can discuss this in an separate thread if you would like.

[Ensign Steve]

I think that's a really good point, pesci. I have the same ambivalence about the journals for that reason, and I wonder if others who keep them do too. I have noticed that most bloggers don't get a whole lot of responses to their journal entries though regardless of where the blog is. I mean I've noticed a lot of Blogger and Livejournal blogs that are full of entries but get few comments.


I get comments on my blog all the time from somebody who wants to help me get a larger penis. :)

[JoeP]

I get comments on my blog all the time from somebody who wants to help me get a larger penis. :)
:innocent: "Are you satisfied with the size of penises you're getting at the moment?" Something like that? :popcorn:

[Ensign Steve]

:roflmao: That is funny on so many levels. My answer is best expressed as, "Neither yes nor no."

[JoeP]

I cannot help thinking, when faced with spam for penis enlargement, about using actual SPAM (http://www.spam.com)TM for the purpose. Might lead to some very short blowjobs ... and serious gagging ... :eww:

[wade-w]

First off, I agree basically with everything vm said in his post, and I also thought the same thing warren asked afterwards: "Hey, warren never said HH was more safe." But...

Just to make a off topic comment regarding the use of the more private journals for posting significant personal or intimate information:
You mean except in the journals, of course, right, Warren?

Aside from being concerned about what manner of idiots and assholes might read my personal stuff, the magic of my ambivalence has an almost equal concern that no one is reading something I decide to share. I hesitate to post anything in a journal because, well, what if I laid my heart out there and I didn't get any (or enough) comments?

I can certainly relate to that, pescifish. My other major concern with writing an online journal is I can't help wondering why should I expect anyone would even give a shit.

[pescifish]

My other major concern with writing an online journal is I can't help wondering why should I expect anyone would even give a shit.
Exactly! I can't expect them to, but dammit! I want them to. :glare:
Well, except for the idiots and assholes. I want them to leave me alone. I want to be invisible to them and for them to disappear from my life.

[livius drusus]

I don't how we could ensure that people give a shit, but perhaps there is some way to modify the journal software to allow the author to put people known idiots and assholes on ignore. Of course, that wouldn't protect you from the stealth idiots and assholes.

Where's the "I give up" smilie?

[pescifish]

Oh gosh! You guys have provided so many more options and capabilities for selective communication, please don't feel the need to make any changes.

(But, hey, yeah, wouldn't that be cool -- a feature that lets you select who can see your posts or journal or selectively disallow someone...)

[wade-w]

Man, that MSNbot spider has really made itself at home. As far as I can tell, it's been here for over 16 hours now.

[livius drusus]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/images/slurp.jpg

:huh?:

[JoeP]

The spiders like to check up on each other. Paranoia in the ranks.

[Socratoad]

Needless to say, I'm not really the journal writing kind of girl, but I sure do love reading everyone else's.

Yeah me neither.....journal writing kind of boy that is.

Odd, I have actually thought about it, but nothing really has happened in the past twenty years to warrant me writing it down.

Do you suppose one could predate journal entries :sistine:

[Ensign Steve]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/images/slurp.jpg

:huh?:

OMG you've got them stuck in an infinite loop! Good show. :roflmao: